Anything with sex in the title sells and comedy is always a big pull, too, but anyone turning up to see standup Keith Farnan's show at Underbelly may be in for a surprise. Sex Traffic: How Much Is That Woman in the Window? is about an aspect of sex that isn't funny at all.
Almost every festival throws up its themes, and if hot tickets such as As You Lie and Sub Rosa seem concerned with the soured sexual relationships between men and women, other works explore darker territory. The Emma Thompson-sponsored Fair Trade at Pleasance Dome is inspired by the stories of two women brought to London from Africa and Albania, while Cora Bissett's Roadkill, at the Traverse, is about trafficking into Scotland. Here, the police are running a hefty awareness campaign, including putting posters in gents' toilets as a reminder that a lads' night out that ends with paid sex could involve trafficked women. More...
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Almost every festival throws up its themes, and if hot tickets such as As You Lie and Sub Rosa seem concerned with the soured sexual relationships between men and women, other works explore darker territory. The Emma Thompson-sponsored Fair Trade at Pleasance Dome is inspired by the stories of two women brought to London from Africa and Albania, while Cora Bissett's Roadkill, at the Traverse, is about trafficking into Scotland. Here, the police are running a hefty awareness campaign, including putting posters in gents' toilets as a reminder that a lads' night out that ends with paid sex could involve trafficked women. More...
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